Transcript Gilbert Lewis - School District 34 Abbotsford

By: Hailey Kaay & Jasmeen Gurm
Personal Story
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October 23, 1875 – March 23,
1946
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American physical chemist
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Married Hylda Tafler for 53
years
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Had two sons
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He couldn’t support his family
financially so he left them
Idea of the Atom
Atomic model known as the Lewis
Langmuir octet
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He believed that the atom was
shaped of a cube and the corners
represent the electrons
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Discovered more and more of
chemical bonds
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He studied about special
relativity and gained more
knowledge on mathematical
physics and study of space time
Area Of Study
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Study of space-time
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National Academy of Sciences
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Harvard University at 15
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Gilbert was the first scientist to
produce heavy water, experimenting
with double weight hydrogen atoms
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Worked with Ernest Lawrence in the
invention of the cyclotron
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Atom-smashing experiments.
Major Scientific Contribution
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Gilbert Lewis is well known for the discovery of covalent
bonds and purification of heavy water
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Thermodynamics - working with heat and mechanical
energy
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He showed how to write formulas using dots to represent
the electrons for example
Example: O::C::O for carbon dioxide or H:Cl for hydrogen
chloride.
Bibliography
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_N._Lewis
http://library.thinkquest.org/15567/bio/lewis.html
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/Lewis.html
http://www.humantouchofchemistry.com/gilbert-newtonlewis.htm
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